Donald Trump said on Monday that he personally asked Fifa president Gianni Infantino to review the red card shown to USA striker Folarin Balogun, saying he believed the dismissal was unfair but insisting he did not pressure football’s governing body to overturn the suspension.
The intervention by the president of a World Cup host nation has thrust Fifa’s disciplinary process into the spotlight and prompted an angry response from Belgium, who face the USA on Monday night for a place in the quarter-finals.
Uefa, the European game’s governing body, also issued a furious statement, accusing Fifa of crossing “a red line” by making an “incomprehensible and unjustifiable” decision to rescind Balogun’s automatic one-match ban, which it claimed undermined “the integrity of the game and the credibility of the competition”.
Fuck FIFA, I’ve absolutely refused to support it.
My work got special FIFA themed uniforms, and decorated the beakroom with a string of country flags.
I’ve refused to wear the new uniform, and went out of my way to cut Israel’s flag off of the string.
I’ve not watched a single game this year. I either listen to it via some illegal streams or read live commentary.
The Iranian teams treatment alone should make the US ineligible the further world cups.
Trump is a dickhead, but the correct answer to any country requesting review at any level is that they are independent and they follow the rules. Fuck Fifa is right.
There are ways the USA can petition officially. This is not that.
Fuck Integrity Fuel Arrogance
Financial Interests First, Always
Fantastic Income For Assholes
The whole point of a league is to guarantee a reasonably fair tournament with uniform rules and enforcement for everyone. You’d think a league would understand that role
Wdym the whole point of a league is to make profit for the sponsors, who said anything about reasonable or fair??
FIFA isn’t a league
They’re in charge of organizing fair tournaments, call it what you want
Not a league in the context of a football league, but a league in the context of a league of nations. In this case, a league of nations’ football associations. Using the term league was probably a bad idea given the sports connotations.
Child Molester confirms he asked Infantino for review of Folarin Balogun red card
The corruption is so blatant that it defies commentary. Like we’ve seen blatant corruption already and this is somehow even more blatant. We’ve seen the mask come off years ago but there was somehow another mask that he could take even more off
FIFA x Trumpistan is like corruption^2
This one was on the fence because it’s definitely him doing a distraction. Otoh, this is pure corruption he’s admitting to. That means all of these games could be fixed to the highest bidder.
Come on Belgium, do your thing.
